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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1013 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR TODD...

MORRISON...MILLE LACS...KANABEC...DOUGLAS...BENTON...STEARNS...

POPE...ISANTI...CHISAGO...SHERBURNE...WRIGHT...ANOKA...MEEKER...

WASHINGTON...HENNEPIN...RAMSEY...MCLEOD...CARVER...DAKOTA...SCOTT AND

SIBLEY COUNTIES...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH

FLOODING IS EXPECTED.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUND IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. VERY HEAVY RAINS FELL THIS MORNING 

OVER THE REGION. THERE WERE REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN SAINT 

CLOUD...AND SAUK CENTRE. DETOURS EXIST ON HIGHWAY 23 IN FOLEY...AND 

AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 10 AND 15. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 

INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING IN SOME AREAS. SAINT 

CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVED 3.68 INCHES AS OF 800 AM...ALBANY 

3.75...GLENWOOD 4.53...LONG PRAIRIE 4.07...ROYALTON 2.60...AS OF 

JUST 700 AM. HEAVY RAIN FALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE 

WARNED COUNTIES.

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